Life & Style Is Not Backing Down From Tom Cruise

When Tom Cruise sued Life & Style ( I realize photo above is In Touch, but it is the same company and you know who is on the cover of the Life & Style issue) for libel claiming their story that he abandoned Suri after his divorce was not accurate he probably expected them to back down quickly and apologize. I think he forgets that this company, Bauer publishing is the one who took on David Beckham and his affair story and won. The Hollywood Reporter has a great article up about the discovery that is being requested and a lot of it has to do with Suri and Scientology. Oh how I wish a DNA test was part of the deal, but instead it is things like Suri's emotional state since the divorce and how often Tom actually saw her and spoke with her and how his adherence to Scientology played a part. And the kicker? The exact terms of the divorce. Love it.

I don't like Cruise much and my personal hope is that Katie has main custody — but this story stinks to high hell. I hate the idea of a child being discussed like this, being used by a magazine as a storyline. I would first ask what kind of work obligations he has been going through, and then I would wonder if it has been good for her to be apart from him for 44 days, which I'm surprised isn't phrased 40 days and nights. Aargh. Bad story. No biscuit.

Tom's career has already peaked so he should just ignore this type of thing now instead of giving it legs, and I think it's possible Tom is Suri's bio dad. Maybe as she gets older and her features mature that could change, but at this point she doesn't look all that different from Katy or Tom to me.

Well Tom brought this on himself. If he wasn't so deep into that damn cult none of this would have happen. I love Tom as an actor and it stops there. Maybe it's better that Suri doesn't see him much because he will not be able to brainwash her against Katie like he and the cult brainwashed Connor anad Isabelle against Nicole

This is over the line for me, but media organisations are now global, and in many regards too powerful for our good.

I remember when Princess Diana died in 1997, and Sky TV (NewsCorp) had cameras outside Buckingham Palace where the baying mob decided there had to be someone to blame, and as it was all the media's fault, they attacked a camera crew. These were no doubt the same fucktards who would buy a newspaper or magazine because it had the self-styled Queen of Hearts in it.

We can all moan about how no-talent idiots become celebrities without actually doing anything, but ultimately it's the masses who buy the magazines, buy the products of the sponsors they endorse, that put them there.

The "developed" world has an un-natural obsession with celebrity. It's the new religion.

I think it is despicable that they are using a child to go after Tom Cruise. Suri is exactly where a child her age should be which is in school and when she has holidays she sees her father. I don't see how that is abandonment or neglect. Tom and Katie seem to have reached a deal which puts the best interests of Suri first and I think Tom would be criticized if he insisted on having her taken out of school and tutored so she could travel more frequently to whatever set he is on. Take him on for scientology, workaholic etc but leave the kids out of it.

I wish that they wouldn't print a story like this because I think that it forces Cruise and his people to arrange for him to see Suri when he otherwise wouldn't.

Whether he is her biological father or not, he's her dad. And if he was going to be a dad who sees his daughter every chance he gets and play an important role in her life, awesome. But he isn't. Instead, he's a "Disneyland Daddy" (taken from The Baby-Sitters Club): someone who hardly ever sees his kid, but when he does he goes over the top trying to buy the kid's love without actually acting like a parent.

So, I think it would be best if he was going to parent her; second best would be to fade away and let Katie's next boyfriend or husband assume the parenting role.

ITA, Karen. If he's going to fade away, he just needs to do it. For Suri's sake if no one else's. I imagine it won't be too long now, when she figures out he sees her only based on media pressure. Kids aren't stupid. She'll see it herself soon, and that makes me cry.

@Kendra that is a ridiculous argument imo because depending on where he is shooting and the schedule it may not make sense for him to fly to see Suri for a few hours if that and have to return almost immediately possibly being late, suffering jet lag or disrupting the production schedule. The older kids are different because I think Isabella is out of school and I am not sure about his son but I assume he has some flexibility with his schooling so it would be very simple for them to fly out and see him wherever and whenever they feel. Also he can speak to Suri via Skype, telephone whatever in this day and age. That is not abandonment by any stretch but just the reality of being a divorced working parent. I have no problem with magazines going after Tom legitimately but this crosses a line and seems overblown.

@Amber. According to most of the Scientology watchers, that story of Tom leaving is just bull$hit to help boost his public image. Tommy's so far up David's a$$ you'd need a ton of lube and the jaws of life to get him out.

I dont get it hes dammed if he does, hes dammed if he dosent .. If he sees her we have comments like " watch out suri dont let him brain wash you" if he dosent see her then its " hes such a loser for abandoning his daugther" i like TC and i am not apologizing for it.

@Gayeld: "Tommy's so far up David's a$$ you'd need a ton of lube and the jaws of life to get him out."

WIN OF THE WEEK!!!

I have nothing against Tom in the grand scheme of things, although I take an exceedingly dim view of CO$, but I do have to say that this particular line–and the mental images it conjures up–are priceless. Absofuckinglutely priceless. And now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go find some bleach in which to immerse myself…

The custody agreement possibly becoming public would be no one's fault other than TC's. He chose to sue when it would have been smarter to just poopoo it as the musings of a gossip rag. I agree that he expected them to back down and retract their story quickly (remember he won against the NE). Even if he wins, it's not like people are suddenly going to think he's not CoS or that he sees Suri every weekend.

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